Lesson Plans World History II SOL 11a League of Nations

Standard: The student will demonstrate knowledge of political, economic, social, and cultural developments during the Interwar Period

Objective: Describing the League of Nations and the mandate system. Essential Knowledge

League of Nations -International Cooperative Organization -Established to prevent future wars -United States not a member -Failure of League because it did not have power to enforce its decisions

The mandate system• During World War I, Great Britain and France agreed to divide large portions of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East between themselves. • After the war, the “mandate system” gave Great Britain and France control over the lands that became Iraq, Transjordan, and Palestine (British controlled) and Syria and Lebanon (French controlled). • The division of the Ottoman Empire through the mandate system planted the seeds for future conflicts in the Middle East.

• Colonies’ participation in the war, which increased demands for independence • End of the Russian Imperial, Ottoman, German, and Austro-Hungarian empires • Enormous cost of the war in lives, property, and social disruption

Treaty of Versailles

Forced Germany to accept responsibility for war and loss of territory and to pay reparation

Limited the German military

League of Nations

Activities That Support Lesson Plans

Treaty of Versailles Simulation: Students are divided into groups that represent players at the peace conference. Students role play as diplomats and work out a peace based on their national interests. I normally assign each student to a country. Once in groups students select their roles and then they receive their countries packets which contain character sheets, option sheets, and answer sheets. Once nations have selected their options they go to other countries to try to get support. After the diplomat stage, we discuss and the class votes which option to go with.